Indonesia fights fires as smog blankets Singapore

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Firefighters battle forest fires in Pelalawan regency in Riau province located in Indonesia's Sumatra island. While Singapore and Indonesian environment ministers met in Jakarta on June 21 to discuss the haze problem, Indonesia deployed aircraft to artificially create rain in a bid to douse raging fires that have choked Singapore with smog, which is hitting record-breaking levels that pose a threat to the elderly and the ill. AFP PHOTO / HAFIZ ALFARISSI (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)

Firefighters battle forest fires in Pelalawan regency in Riau province located in Indonesia's Sumatra island. While Singapore and Indonesian environment ministers met in Jakarta on June 21 to discuss the haze problem, Indonesia deployed aircraft to artificially create rain in a bid to douse raging fires that have choked Singapore with smog, which is hitting record-breaking levels that pose a threat to the elderly and the ill. AFP PHOTO / HAFIZ ALFARISSI (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images) (Hafiz Alfarissi/ AFP/Getty Images)

Firefighters battle forest fires in Pelalawan regency in Riau province located in Indonesia's Sumatra island. While Singapore and Indonesian environment ministers met in Jakarta on June 21 to discuss the haze problem, Indonesia deployed aircraft to artificially create rain in a bid to douse raging fires that have choked Singapore with smog, which is hitting record-breaking levels that pose a threat to the elderly and the ill. AFP PHOTO / HAFIZ ALFARISSI (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)